A new artist today has to get their teeth fixed, has to tighten their jeans up, and they have to get ’em the right kind of hat, and if anything’s wrong with their nose, if it’s a little crooked, it’s got to be straightened up.
GEORGE JONESI lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I’m home drunk again.
More George Jones Quotes
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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.
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Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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I love what I’ve done and I just can’t stand to see what they’re doing to it. But I’ve learned to live with it because that’s what they’ve done. They’ve come in with the modern sounds. I call it modern pop. It’s not country anymore.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
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I would just like to say thank you to each one of my fans for supporting me all these years and continuing to come to the concerts and buy my music. I owe them everything.
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There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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Maybe some folks drink due to body chemistry and others due to their lazy characters. Maybe some have drinking problems, while others have problems enough to drink.
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I’m home drunk again.
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